Example sentences of "have be [v-ing] [verb] this [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Poor had been trying to remove this panel in the control room when we appeared and was surrounded by contractors trying to get in to start redecoration . |
| 2 | While everyone else had been trying to solve this problem by heating … to millions of degrees , we had apparently stumbled on the solution involving low temperatures instead . ’ |
| 3 | Because the kind of earthly and human illustrations that I 've been trying to use this morning are all bound to fall short . |
| 4 | Now the enemy 's all deflated and dead , I feel like all my friends and all the artists were like little pygmies and we 've been trying to kill this elephant all these years with little arrows , and finally tonight … |
| 5 | Brewers from all over the world have been gathering to examine this year 's crop of hops . |